tribes and tribal units occurred in Azerbaijan during the
Bronze Age.
The Bronze Age had gone through several stages in
Azerbaijan. Archaeologists divide these stages into the Early, Middle and Late Bronze Age stages. The Early Bronze Age lasted from the second half of the 4 th millennium BC till the end of the 3 rd millennium. The Kur-Araz culture was typical
for that period in Azerbaijan. The population of the plain area
also settled in the foothills and mountainous areas. The
temples were built for the performance of religious rites. A circular, planned prayer housewas discovered in the
settlement of Serkertepe of Khachmaz region. Such houses of
worship were in residential areas of Babadarvish in Gazakh
and Kultepe near Nakhchivan.
The first great social division of labor took place in the early Bronze Age, i.e. the agriculture was separated from the cattle-breeding. The hoe agriculture was replaced by
wooden plow agriculture. Planting areas expanded more and
artificial irrigation appeared. Plowing the soil with wooden
plow significantly increased the productivity. Livestock trailers
were used during plowing. There was significant progress in
the development of cattle-breeding. As a result of the use of the
horse, a new area-moving (summer pasture in mountains) occurred in cattle-breeding. The cattle grazed in the mountains
during spring-summer months and returned to winter pastures
when it was cold in the fall.
There have been innovations in people’s outlook, religious
belief and ceremonies in the Early Bronze Age. The dead
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were buried outside the settlement and mounds (land of
